Clinical and other thermometer.



wmv ses v c.' NRNBERG., OLINIGAL ANDGTEEB THEEMOMEIEE, APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1907.

, A 900,580. www@ ont. s, 190s mi. 5.r

entrain saurais i CHARLES NRNBERG,

or Nnwyonmn. r.`

omarmen Aim o'rnnn THERMOMETER.

tio. acarreo.4

v Specification of Lette-rs Patent. i

4Patenten oet. e, 190e.

Application filed August 8, 19o?. SeriaLNo. $187,618. i

"lh all 'whom it may concern:

it known that I, CHARLES NURNBERG, a 'citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and fState of New York, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Clinical and other Thermometers, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the. art to which it apper- `tains to malreyand use the same.

invention relates tol clinical ther- ."nfometersfsuchfas are usually employed by "physicians for determining the temperature -`of the body, and to test thermometers used l portion of the thermometer above .a table,

by chemists for determining the temperature of liquids; and the object thereof is to provide athermometer ofJ this class Withantilrolling devices, whereby the thermometer when placed on a table, desk orother support will' not roll or turn vover but willy alvways be held in a position for use, or in a position in which the `scale thereon canbe read; a urtherobject being` to provide a thermometer of the class specified with antirolfling devices which. will support the body desk or other support, when saidthermox'neter is placed thereon and prevent the` said body portion' of the thermometer and especially the bulb or mercury end thereof from coming in contact with said table, desk lor other support; a further' object-'v` being to provide a clinical thermometer of the' class employed by physicians for determining the temperature of the body with means for limiting the extent to which the bulb end of the thermometer may be inserted into the mouth or other organs of the body, and anti,-r rolling devices .placed adjacent tol each end of the body'portion which protect and locate the scale, or .between which the scale is placed, and which also aid in the reading of the scale, or indicate the position in which 1 the thermometershould be held in order to read the scale; a further object being to provide a thermometer of the class specified withdevices, which in addition toserving for the purpose or purposes set out also serve to prevent the thermometer from slipping outof the hand in the operation of shaking down the mercury; and with these yand other objects in View the invention consists in, a thermometer of the class s ecified constructed as hereinafter descnibe and claimedv The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which, the accompanying drawing4 forms a part, in which the sepa-rate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which;-

Figure 1 .is a plan View, of ai clinical thermometer made-.according to my invention; Fig. 2 ay cross sectionion the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification; Fig. ipa partial ication and, Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the mercury end of an ordinary test thermometer such as is employed by Wiew similar toFig. 1 but showing a .modichemists for determining 'the temperature\ 70` of liquids.

In the practice of ny'invention as shown in Figs..1 to 4 inclusive, I' provide an ordinary clinical thermometer a, comprising a body portion a2 and a reduced end portion a\75 in which the mercur is placed. At a predetermined distance rom the end a of the thermometer, the body portion aL thereof, is .provided witha pluralityotknobs or proj ections Z). three ofvwhich are shown, and adjacent to the end a4 of the-body portion of the thermometer opposite the end a3 are a similar number of knobs or projections l). In both positions two of the knobs or projections Z) are on the opposite sides of the: thermometer or the body portion thereof, and extend outwardly below the same beyond any part of the bulb or main body portion4 so as to form supports for the thermometer and hold the same above and out vof contact with a table or other support when placed upon the sameandalso prevent it from rolling'or turning, while the other knobs-or' projections I) are at the top of the body portion of the-thermometer and are colored black, blue or some other color, the object of the colored knobs or projections b at the top of the body portion of the thermometerbeing to aid the eye in readingthe thermometer and also to aid the eye in loeating or seeing the mercury in the tubular bore a and thus aid in reading the scale. These colored knobs extend outwardly as far as the uncolored and will serve the purpose off supporting and holding the thermometer 'should it be so placed that tl-fev Will engage the support on which the device may rest. A

In the form of construction shown .in Fi s. 1 and 2 there are' annular grooves ae in t body portion of the .thermometer at the points (where theglmobsorprojections b are *pliiood iiiioii ii iiihio, oi' othor Wlioiiviihioed oii :i tii y oolorod'ioiobs'cg pei riii 'thefsiiiiio 'l'iiiiciioii iisjahe Colored liiilols o iii-tho-coiistifiiotioii shown iii Figs. l mid fi,

.in Fig'. E, have shoijii siiiothoi iiioil tioii iii which. tho eiid ri oi tho thoriiioiiiottfi' is of the stimo diiiioiisions :is tioii and other oiicl. thereof: :indy this 'Foiiii o't theriiioiiioter i@ partioiihirty designed for iis@ b ifchei'iiists and others iii testing the tonipeiaiiii'o of liqiiii'is, Y*

It wilt be obsoii'ed that iii both ooiisti'iiotioii the sofi. #begins of the liiolisloi' provi( Y oiid in? or support. and th uid Huit-.portion oi" tho thoiiiioiiiotor liotwiioii said lfiiobs oi'piojootioiis iiiiifl. siiid iiid hiis no Scalo.

iii thoiiiioiiietors ot' this dass :is usually ii'iiidoftlio o is so loozii'od that iifportioii tlioiooif is iiifiei'tod iiito the mouth oil other oig'iiiis 'of the body when iiiiiliiig n` test of the bodily toiiii'ioiiitiiio, iiiid hy reason of" this fact thii portion oi" the sonia ioiih iiiorii oth z addition to this, the ooloi j .iiizii 'zit oi iio scalo gets iiito the mouth i other organs of the body zuid tif is on@ obieiftioii which my iiiiprori-iiieiitz obii'izitos. A

it will iilso bo understood hii. i'ho knobs oi' piojoctions o? oi tho iiiiiiiihii' biiiid i? Whoo. siibstiiiiiod 'for iiiiid i'iiiohs oi' proioctfioiis :id-I jiicoi to thi.L oiid. o3 ot Elio thoiiiioiiiotoi'7 ziiso iiiiiity ihry ox'ioiit, lo iihiih tho tlioiiiioiiiotoi is iiiissoil iiito tho iiioiitli or other orggziiis oi tho holly iii iiiiihiiiQ zi iist ol' tho bodily ioiii iiiiwitiii'oiiiiii thi .s :iiiolhi-i :iilrziiihigo with iiiy iiiiiiioi'ifil i'oiisliiivtioii.

lily iiiroiitioii is iioi liiiiiloil lo tho use ol' the ltiiolis'iii iiiojoi'iioiis o, or to ihii ziiiiiiiliii.' liiiiiils a, iis :i siihstiliito `lor siiiil knobs oi' pro iovtioii :iiid :iiiy dovioo oi' dovioos pliiood zit. tho iioiiits whom tho hiiohs oi' piojootioiis :iiiil whiih 'iiill oroioiit th' thor- `which iiid7 iii support, :iiid to liiiiit. the oxteiit, to :o thoiiiioiiiotoimuy ho iiioiilii or oilioi' oigiiiis ot io siilistitiitod' For thel knobs or projiwtioiis/i or :iiiiiiilV i liiiiids c. l

With my iiiiiiiowiiioiit tho thoiiiioiiiotor 4lk I have shown zi, iiiodiiiozi'tioiiv iii'- tho body por@ ioiliiig whoii l l l doosiiot 'hoed iiiijii disinfectant; oii tho-ozigizird piii'is siii(v iho v lo is i'iiiisiifiotectcd. The. hiiobs iii' projwitioiis 7i oijizhg iiiiiiliii' band wheii eiiiiiloycd, smid iz'ioes constituting the niitii'olliiigdevices, iiiso support; the hoiiv oi bho theiiiioiiiotei' :iboro :i table, desi; oi YsiiiiihiiiViiiticlo ii'iid oi'iriigilo it to bo i'iickod 'up iiioio ofiiii'oiiioiitly, iiiid siiid doi'icf^s"iilso oiiiihhx 'this oiisixiioi" iohold the ihoi'iiioiiictor more sooiiioljf, while si #king it doii'ii without toiioiiiiip; tho bidh o "iii'orciiiy @iid iiioioo'i`` it will lio sooii th or iiiojoiilioiis iiirir i i iiilh @iid 'of tho iiiiiiii body ziloiiif iiid ing; thviii v'xtiiiid outiif'iiidli' heioiid 'thix iiiiiiii body, the l'iiilh l@iid :ind iilt hu?, lio oxioiiio ooposiio oiid of the iiiiiiii hod-)f will bo hohl :ilioio :iiid outI of Contact with ii ijiiliia or oi'hii' support; iipoii which it iiifi'i be Siich kiioifs or sii poiiits iiiioii iiii'i bo 'oiisilv l VrY iii' he liti iis @Koopt tho knobs hihi@ or ouh oi i' itlI ho 'ibli or supporta. rthis iiiitiiit, i i iitvs ooiistriii'tioii pro- Vlii thv. hiilh orrliofii' iioiiioii from gatherpid cooling; ot i'ho hiilli :iiid iiifiiii liody.

Haring v,lli ilisri'iliid iiiii iiivoiitioiiiwhat claim 'as iiow :iiid lesivo io Sooiiio by Loh l. i rl i wil lhoi'iiioiiiotoi body Within ii short di' biilli.provided with I'ciidiiigl oiiiiiziidly iiiziiii liodv.

lm ving tho iiiiiiii :i :iiioo ot the iiieiciuy li'iiohs oi* iii'iriociioiis boyoiid tho liiitx ot the V tho liiilh, ii'hoii tho iiioiooiit owed oo :i tiihlo or olhoi support; ii'ill bo iiold iihovii :iiiii oiity of cout-:ict with said support :imi tho thfai'iiioiiietor be iiioi'oiiioi'l lii'mi rollingA oi` tiiiiiiiig, Substan- {hill}` .i dosoiiliod.

2. sliiiiciil thoriiioiiicior1 h hotly oiA tho siiiif :it tiro loiiiy :iiiituil poiiits ioridml .iiii iiohs oi' pijolioitioiis iixioiifi j ivii' tijahoyoiid :my iariii :it tho ii: wil); iioiiioii, iifhoi'oli'v (ho hiilh :iiiil iiiiiiii body :iro hold :iiiwio ind out; of ooiiiiii'twiih :i hihlo oi' siiiiiiort. when' iilzii'eil ihoi'ooii. siibsiiiiitizilly :is described.

3. i oliiiiciil thoriiioiiiotir hiiviiig-theniziiii hodj,y of tho simio. :it two loiigitiidiiiiilly scp- :iizitod iioiiits oroi'idoii with liiolis or provitroiho iii:i.ii'i iiiliiizillly soir .is dosi. ihi riiioiii il' 'the hiss dosoribeih is hrm/filoni hiitwooii L hin ing tho hiiob'sl iziidi mit thii( hy ha'iviiiii'f 'the Scale endsaid end and adjacent to said scale and at the bottom thereof with knobs or .rojections which raise said end vof the sce ve of the thermometer when the latter is placed upon a table or other support', the top of seid thermometer bein also provided at Said point with a colored inob or projection 11,11 of said knobs or projections extending outwardly vbeyond the line of the main body, Substantially as described;

5. A clinical thermometer, the body.por tion of which is triangular in form in cross section, said body portion being provided at the opposite ends of the seale'wth a nlurality of knobs or projections `arranged at the corners thereof, and two of which at each end of the scale :ire placed' at the i. bottom thereof and prevent the thermometer from rolling when placed upon a table or other support and raise the saine above said table or support, the other two knobs being placed at the top of the body portion of the therniometer and serving to locate "he scale to aid in the reading` thereof, the knobs or projections extending outwardly beyond the main body, substantially as described. l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 'lny 'invention I have signed my naine in presence of the Subscribing witnesses this 7th day August 1907. CHARLES NRNBERG. lVitnesses E. h'I'I'ILnnANY, A. P. APPIJEMAN. 

